Career
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Staff member, Downtown Community School, New York, NY, 1965-67, and Mission Rebels in Action, 1968-69; San Francisco State College (now University), San Francisco, CA, instructor, 1966-68; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, assistant professor, 1969-70; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, assistant professor, 1970-71; Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, assistant professor of literature and creative writing, 1971-73; City College of the City University of New York, teacher of creative writing, 1972; Amherst College, Amherst, MA, associate professor, 1972-75; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1976-77; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, associate professor, 1977, professor, 1979—, faculty fellow in provost’s office, 1986-87, presidential fellow, 1987-88. Distinguished Minority Fellow, University of Delaware; Distinguished Poet-in-Residence, Spelman College; and Zale Writer-in-Residence at Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University.
